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August 11, 2023
Alex Shephard
Is This the Year English Soccer Faces Its Plutocratic Reckoning?
The Premier League returns for another season of footballing glory, financial excess, and existential crisis.
February 4, 2023
Alex Shephard
European Soccer Is Spending Itself to Death
The English Premier League transformed itself into the predatory “Super League” that fans thought they had defeated.
August 31, 2021
Alex Shephard
The Plutocratic Takeover of European Soccer Is Nearly Complete
This year’s insane transfer-window period has illuminated the sport’s apocalyptic financial inequities.
April 20, 2021
Alex Shephard
Soccer Is Broken. The European Super League Proves It.
Even if the breakaway competition fails, it illustrates that the beautiful game was long ago captured by the rich.
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Jo Livingstone
An Opera for the City, an Opera for the Self
New York is the stage for the "Mile Long Opera," a breakthrough work of public art.
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